The boys at ExtentionTech plays with the Samsung 171P LCD... It's nice, take
a look at what they think here.

The long strip of black, believe it or not, actually houses
the buttons to activate the on screen display. It would be wrong
of me to continue saying buttons so lets get rid of that word
altogether. Lets replace it with, oh I dont know, touch sensitivity!
Yup, thats right. The only button you will encounter on this monitor is
the power button. The rest of the functions are activated via touch sensitive
surfaces.